KUALA LUMPUR: The National Address System (NAS) initiative, which will centralise and streamline more than 12 million addresses nationwide, is expected to generate an economic spillover of RM2bil and create more than 2,000 job opportunities over the next five years.
Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said this was indicated in an analysis by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) involving sectors related to addressing activities.
He said complicated and inconsistent addresses will soon be a thing of the past when the addressing system, the brainchild of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, is rolled out.
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"The core focus of the NAS is to ensure that every address in Malaysia is identifiable and traceable through accurate means.
"The system is built to be utilised by various government agencies and businesses, improving coordination, delivery and response times across the board," he said after launching the National Address Conference 2025 here on Thursday (July 17).
Fahmi said it was a significant reform in national address management, as various agencies and business entities operate using different address databases, which may lead to inefficiencies and inaccuracies.
He said the NAS will eliminate these inconsistencies and enable accurate and integrated service delivery across all sectors.
"This unified and centralised database of an initial 12 million addresses will benefit all government agencies and business entities, and is expected to grow in numbers with new developments.
"As such, local councils play a crucial role as they are closest to the public and are directly involved in the oversight of planning and development in their respective areas," he said.
The government has spent about RM700 million to date on geospatial and navigation services to obtain location information outsourced from third parties.
